Tools

Across

1
Willing to learn from medical man, the Italian head of embryology (6)

4
Son, violently attacked crossing Libya's capital, ran (8)

9
Tea is prepared after Sunday afternoon nap (6)

10
Extramarital sex upset true lady (8)

12
Sash to wrap round body after first of wins (6,5)

13
Novelist from district of London close to Pimlico (3)

14
Mysterious death in a short, Hitchcock's last film (1,4,2,3,4)

17
Nervous MP has date with former PM in a London park (9,5)

19
Sky broadcast (3)

21
Relatives at sea? (6,5)

23
One daughter, Isolde, possibly put on a pedestal (8)

24
Clever to bring in an English king (6)

25Tass, long spreading a Gorbachev initiative
(8)

26
Understood about place causing anger (6)

Down

1
Deny any connection with row about pig (6)

2
Mo changes, changes dress (9)

3
Off the booze during card game and bingo (5)

5
Editor, one got hold of by graduate, examines university course (5,7)

6
See supporting information about grey duck (9)

7
Belgian city, for example, in piece of fiction (5)

8
Cold, plant where a liner may be built (3,4)

11
Place not catering for private dining? (8,4)

15
Ruling passion of old boy sitting (9)

16
A special characteristic, odd trait, found on Scottish island (9)

17
Male group welcoming a court case (7)

18
Behind adult not inclined to leniency (6)

20
German's OK after port wine (5)

22
Pickle's fraudulent business scheme - Peregrine's first (5)

Help

Keyboard navigation

Pressing the tab key moves the selection on to the next clue. If you hold down the shift key while you press tab, the selection will move to the previous clue. The arrow keys can be used to navigate between letters in the solution fields.

Save

You can save your answers by clicking on the save button and a cookie will be stored on your computer. Your answers will reappear next time you access the crossword.

Revert to saved

You can undo recent changes by clicking on the revert to saved button.

Clear

Click on a clue and then click on the clear button to make all the letters in the clue disappear.

Check

Highlight a completed clue then click on the check button to erase incorrect letters.

Anagram

When you get an anagram to solve, highlight the word(s) in the clue. Then click the anagram button and a pop-up window will appear. Use shuffle to help you solve the anagram and insert to enter the word into the grid.

Cheat

Click on a clue, then click on the cheat button and the solution will appear automatically. Solutions to prize crosswords will not be available before the competition's closing date.

Solution

Click on the solution button to reveal all the answers to the crossword in the grid.

Print your current solution

Click on save first. Then to go to a page with a printable version of the crossword, complete with your current solution set, click on the print version link beneath the crossword heading. NB: In your print options turn on background images and you should be able to see the grid.

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